Buses?
I'm with Thatcher on this:

'Any man who finds himself using buses over the age of 30, can consider himself a failure.'

Can't add a story as haven't been near a bus since a teenager. But reading all your stories has confirmed my belief that I would rather crawl naked over broken glass - than get on one of those chav-filled, piss-smelling, diesel-belching, filthy shit-holes that pass for public transport in this country.
( Albert Marshmallow is a completely irredeemable cunt, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 13:20, 14 replies)

Wasn't Margaret Thatcher a cunt?
I think all politicians should use public transport.

They're supposed to be representative of the people right?
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 13:27, closed)

I thought they were supposed to represent their electorate?
And this member of the electorate doesn't go anywhere near a bus if he can help it.
(davywavy, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 15:08, closed)

Misquoted
Wikipedia says that this is a mis-quote:

en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher

Misquotations

* A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.

* Attributed to her in Commons debates, 2003-07-02, column 407 and Commons debates, 2004-06-15 column 697. According to a letter to the Daily Telegraph by Alistair Cooke on 2 November 2006, this sentiment originated with Loelia Ponsonby, one of the wives of 2nd Duke of Westminster who said "Anybody seen in a bus over the age of 30 has been a failure in life". In a letter published the next day, also in the Daily Telegraph, Hugo Vickers claims Loelia Ponsonby admitted to him that she had borrowed it from Brian Howard. There is no solid evidence that Margaret Thatcher ever quoted this statement with approval, or indeed shared the sentiment.
(SillyMoo, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:33, closed)

I'm 31 and take the bus every now and again
But I'm also a woman, so there you are.
(louveciennes , Volvospotter, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 14:59, closed)

I'm 24 and like buses
I think the O/P sucks cock
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 17:15, closed)

I think it makes more sense if you rearrange it a bit.
A developed country that cannot organise a public transport system that people would use by choice is more of a failure.
(lordylordington, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 17:51, closed)

Hear hear!
Failure to create usable public transport is not only a failure, but an embarrassment.

I'm too young to know what the buses were like before they were all sold off (coincidentally by Thatcher) - worse or better?
( Fronds are waving gently on, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 17:28, closed)

i hate buses
but, as i have early onset cataracts, a driving licence is now out of the question.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 19:14, closed)

you are a cunt
.
(firestormviper!!1 approaching god through cigarettes, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 19:49, closed)

i think
you need to check out public transport in some crapper parts of the world before you automatically slag off what we have back home. i'll take it over chinese buses any day guys.
(zenmeban thinks the weather could be better, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 20:10, closed)

Yup
Sure, buses can be a pain. But as the old quote says "Other hell is people".

But mate, I'd rather be on a bus than nothing, And in a bus crash, you're more likely to survive.

And it's cheaper.
(FightingComet got Boost Power on, Mon 29 Jun 2009, 22:01, closed)

And....
GREENER.

But no. The OP no doubt has a lovely 4x4 for the morning school run, runs the bus lane, parks on cycle lanes and is generally a twunt of the very highest order.

PLANET KILLER!
(EffinDoubt is breaking glass on, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 9:53, closed)

This.
I don't own a car because of my greenie ways.

I also chose to live in a bit closer to town, near a bus route to get into town for work easily.

I've got more need for actual transport now, so I bought a 50cc scooter. Filling up for three pounds is fantastic.
(Scritty Bakerman., Wed 1 Jul 2009, 13:01, closed)

ONe lols
Any man who does not find himself in a Honda Accord can consider himself a failure.

I am, with Maggie, and she came and all. !one!
(Clerk T Hazarde are all the wine, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 10:00, closed)